The heating pad was on 26-year old Luka Dončić's shoulders on New Year's Eve's eve, not the birthday man, 41-year old LeBron James. What were you doing when LeBron James was born? If you were doing anything, even snoozing in a bassinet, you are
This is Nikola Jokic's first significant injury, he's out for a month, and it really isn't even an injury, more like a wrenched leg. Sprained left knee, "hyperextended," everything pushed to its max but nothing broken. We are no longer a monoculture
Worry after Christmas – what will I wear on Boxing Day?!? – not after. Worry the NFL is taking over the NBA's Christmas turf? Nah. You can call it "Christmas turf," it reminds of the green outdoor porch mat at your Aunt's house that she only
Cleveland doles out the highest payroll in the NBA and it isn't particularly close. Only six teams will pay over $200 million this season, three of them over $210 million (New York, Golden State). Only one team over $220 million, and it is the only team over $230
Earlier this year I bought myself a $499 electric guitar from a pawn shop via layaway, an utterly pointless acquisition, a gift to myself. Earlier this month I swapped out my shaving blade for a new one. I didn't buy a new one, this is a replacement razor
A few years ago I traded my dream-since-a-kid amplifier – a Vox AC30 – for a smaller amplifier and crucial upgrades on my Gibson guitar. It was a happy swap, my dream amp was made redundant by the smaller Vox I'd already owned for a over a decade. The Gibson
We did good. LAKERS San Antonio's twirling dismantling of the Lakers on Thursday night was further proof of Los Angeles' age, even its 20somethings (Ayton, Luka, Reaves) play much older. Throw a single spin move at gramps and he's had it. One would presume the
The NBA wants to introduce December's fake tournament as a restart, a way for the eliminated clubs to rest and reset ahead of a reliably clear set of expectations. The idea scans, it is hard to look at the current NBA standings and not picture a similar set
Everyone's streaming list wrapped up this week and, yeah, mine was Steely Dan again. I try not to listen to Steely Dan on random, or in streaming format. I don't want to burn myself out, and also I have a much-better sounding miniplayer filled with high-quality
Not your fault, Milwaukee. Fans, media, superstar, secondary stars, general manager, ownership group. Not to blame. Ya had some slips. Kyle Kuzma, OK, woof. Coupla blown draft picks, I get it, but, still, not your fault. I will not write columns in 30 years detailing the Milwaukee Bucks biff of
L.A., infamously, cannot bottom out. The Clippers, too, the team owes its unprotected 2026 first-round pick to Oklahoma City, L.A. cannot profit from its harrowing 2025-26 descent. A Billy King-sized abyss surrounding a miserable so-far season, well on pace for maybe 20 wins. Anyone who caught what Miami
Cannot remember the first time I saw Chris Paul photoshopped into a Los Angeles Lakers uniform. But I can remember the most recent sighting, the night Chris Paul's retirement announcement spread, spotting two separate instances on social media. Lakers fans never got over Chris Paul's Dec.